The Learning School

A Guide to Vision-Based Leadership
James E. Mooney - Mt Lebanon Schools, Pittsburgh
The Learning School
August 1997 | 216 pages | Corwin
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Learn how you can translate what you believe about student learning into useful practice. Your vision-based leadership can help * Build a shared commitment for your school's future * Energize staff and students to work toward real school improvements * Translate your best hopes for your school into reality The authors show you how to use your "vision statement" to create a workable procedure for attaining your goals for your school. Start by creating a positive, encouraging learning environment for your students and your teachers. Provide them with a clear direction for ongoing improvement. Learn how you can bring together the skills and resources from your teachers, parents, and community members to bring about meaningful improvement for your school. Any school leader can use the guidelines here to implement the kind of vision-based leadership that will help them create dramatic gains in their school's learning and teaching--education's bottom line. Take your vision-based goals for your school and turn them into the reality of educational excellence for your students.

Contents

PART ONE: VISION-BASED LEADERSHIP: BEGINNING THE PROCESS

  • Leading with Vision
  • Why It's So Important
  • Exploring Deep Beliefs About Knowledge
  • The First Step
  • Exploring Deep Beliefs About Learning and Teaching
  • The Second Step
  • Understanding Moral Leadership in a Learning Organization
  • The Third Step

PART TWO: HOW TO IMPLEMENT VISION-BASED LEADERSHIP

  • Translating Deep Beliefs Into Practice
  • An Integrated Model
  • Achieving Shared Governance of the Learning Community
  • The Cornerstone of the Learning School
  • When Vision Leads
  • Real-Life Examples
  • How to Develop a Vision for Your School or District
  • From the Learning School to the Learning Community

Description

Learn how you can translate what you believe about student learning into useful practice. Your vision-based leadership can help * Build a shared commitment for your school's future * Energize staff and students to work toward real school improvements * Translate your best hopes for your school into reality The authors show you how to use your "vision statement" to create a workable procedure for attaining your goals for your school. Start by creating a positive, encouraging learning environment for your students and your teachers. Provide them with a clear direction for ongoing improvement. Learn how you can bring together the skills and resources from your teachers, parents, and community members to bring about meaningful improvement for your school. Any school leader can use the guidelines here to implement the kind of vision-based leadership that will help them create dramatic gains in their school's learning and teaching--education's bottom line. Take your vision-based goals for your school and turn them into the reality of educational excellence for your students.

Contents

PART ONE: VISION-BASED LEADERSHIP: BEGINNING THE PROCESS

  • Leading with Vision
  • Why It's So Important
  • Exploring Deep Beliefs About Knowledge
  • The First Step
  • Exploring Deep Beliefs About Learning and Teaching
  • The Second Step
  • Understanding Moral Leadership in a Learning Organization
  • The Third Step

PART TWO: HOW TO IMPLEMENT VISION-BASED LEADERSHIP

  • Translating Deep Beliefs Into Practice
  • An Integrated Model
  • Achieving Shared Governance of the Learning Community
  • The Cornerstone of the Learning School
  • When Vision Leads
  • Real-Life Examples
  • How to Develop a Vision for Your School or District
  • From the Learning School to the Learning Community
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The Learning School

A Guide to Vision-Based Leadership


August 1997 | 216 pages | Corwin

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Paperback 28/04/2023 9780803964099 $39.95

Learn how you can translate what you believe about student learning into useful practice. Your vision-based leadership can help * Build a shared commitment for your school's future * Energize staff and students to work toward real school improvements * Translate your best hopes for your school into reality The authors show you how to use your "vision statement" to create a workable procedure for attaining your goals for your school. Start by creating a positive, encouraging learning environment for your students and your teachers. Provide them with a clear direction for ongoing improvement. Learn how you can bring together the skills and resources from your teachers, parents, and community members to bring about meaningful improvement for your school. Any school leader can use the guidelines here to implement the kind of vision-based leadership that will help them create dramatic gains in their school's learning and teaching--education's bottom line. Take your vision-based goals for your school and turn them into the reality of educational excellence for your students.

Table Of Contents:

  • PART ONE: VISION-BASED LEADERSHIP: BEGINNING THE PROCESS
  • Leading with Vision
  • Why It's So Important
  • Exploring Deep Beliefs About Knowledge
  • The First Step
  • Exploring Deep Beliefs About Learning and Teaching
  • The Second Step
  • Understanding Moral Leadership in a Learning Organization
  • The Third Step
  • PART TWO: HOW TO IMPLEMENT VISION-BASED LEADERSHIP
  • Translating Deep Beliefs Into Practice
  • An Integrated Model
  • Achieving Shared Governance of the Learning Community
  • The Cornerstone of the Learning School
  • When Vision Leads
  • Real-Life Examples
  • How to Develop a Vision for Your School or District
  • From the Learning School to the Learning Community

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